Licensed California general contractor (CSLB #972213) delivering full-scope Beverly Hills home remodels — permits, design-review coordination, and construction all under one roof.
Hillstar Construction delivers whole-home remodels for Beverly Hills homeowners. We work across the Flats, Trousdale Estates, Benedict Canyon, Bel Air, and adjacent 90210, 90211, and 90212 addresses on full-scope interior renovations, comprehensive exterior updates, ground-up gut remodels, and coordinated inside-and-outside projects. The same in-house team handles design, Beverly Hills Building & Safety permits, exterior-scope design-review coordination, Cultural Heritage coordination where it applies, framing, all trades, cabinetry, tile, flooring, lighting, and finish work. Every project starts with a free on-site consultation, a written scope, and a realistic permit-plus-construction timeline. Licensed and insured since 2010, CSLB License #972213.
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Every Beverly Hills home remodel starts with an honest conversation about scope. A targeted multi-room remodel — kitchen, primary bath, family room, and a couple of supporting spaces — sits in a different design and permit lane than a full whole-home gut remodel that pulls walls, reworks the floor plan, and touches the exterior. We match design decisions to the home's architectural language — Beverly Hills Flats Spanish Colonial Revival, Trousdale Estates mid-century, Mediterranean, Traditional or Georgian, Hollywood Regency, Tudor Revival, and contemporary-custom all call for different detail vocabularies, and we photograph and document the whole home on the first visit so the finished remodel reads as continuous with the house rather than grafted on.
Design deliverables include detailed drawings, material and fixture selections, a written cost breakdown, and a realistic permit-plus-construction timeline before any demolition. For scope that touches the exterior, we also map which Beverly Hills design-review and architectural-review pathways apply, and we coordinate the submissions in parallel with the Building & Safety permit so the project stays on one schedule rather than stalling between departments.
The value of a full-service remodeling contractor on a Beverly Hills project is that every trade and every review pathway is lined up before the first wall comes down. Design, structural, rough trades, architectural review, historic coordination where applicable, and finish work all follow one plan — which is the difference between a remodel that finishes clean and one that drags on because no single party is coordinating the handoffs.
Our in-house crew manages demolition, framing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, drywall, tile, cabinetry, flooring, and interior finish work. When a remodel extends into new square footage or structural expansion, we coordinate directly with the same team that handles home additions and new ADU construction projects, which keeps the entire build under one roof and one schedule.
Remodeling inside a Beverly Hills home often means working with original 1920s–1950s framing, plaster-over-wood-lath walls, knob-and-tube survivors, galvanized supply lines, and cast-iron waste — especially in the Flats. We open walls carefully, document what we find, and plan around existing conditions instead of ripping out anything that could be kept. Protected interior millwork, original tile, and period detailing are documented before demolition starts and restored or matched where the scope calls for it. Finished areas of the home stay protected throughout construction with dust barriers and daily cleanup.
Permit jurisdiction for a Beverly Hills home remodel runs through the Beverly Hills Community Development Department's Building & Safety Division at City Hall on Rexford Drive — not LADBS. For whole-home scope with significant exterior work, the Beverly Hills Architectural Commission and/or the city's Single-Family Residential design-review pathway may also apply, and we handle those submissions alongside the Building & Safety permit. On Mills Act or BH-landmark-designated properties, Cultural Heritage Commission coordination layers on top; on Trousdale Estates lots with exterior-visible scope, the Trousdale Property Owners Association has its own architectural-review process that runs in parallel. Beverly Hills also maintains a protected-tree ordinance covering specimen species; we pull a tree-protection plan when construction staging or utility trenching could affect a protected tree.
A well-executed Beverly Hills home remodel transforms how the property reads from the street and how the family lives inside it. Imported stone, custom cabinetry in premium woods, panel-ready integrated appliances, frameless glass, heated floors, architectural lighting, restored or period-matched millwork, updated window and door packages, and coordinated landscape integration all compound into a house that looks fully new while still reading as the home it already was.
Every Beverly Hills project passes final city inspection where required and is backed by Hillstar Construction's workmanship guarantee. We walk through the finished home with you, confirm every detail meets the agreed scope, and address any final punch-list items before we consider the project closed.
Most Beverly Hills remodels wrap with a fresh interior painting package so the new layout reads as complete when the paint goes on last. Full-exterior-inclusive remodels often add a new stucco color coat and roofing updates at the same time, so the inside and outside of the home finish together — which is the kind of end-to-end coordination a dedicated Beverly Hills remodeling contractor is built to deliver.
Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills is its own municipality with its own permit jurisdiction — the Building & Safety Division inside the Beverly Hills Community Development Department at City Hall on Rexford Drive. Every permit, plan-check review, and inspection for a BH home remodel goes through that office, not LADBS. For whole-home scope with exterior work, additional design-review and architectural-review pathways inside the Community Development Department may also apply, and we coordinate those submissions in parallel with the Building & Safety permit so the project moves on one timeline.
Unlike a pure interior kitchen or bathroom remodel, a whole-home remodel in Beverly Hills usually touches the exterior — new windows or altered fenestration, stucco recoloring, siding or cladding changes, roof replacement, front-yard hardscape reconfiguration, entry-gate redesign, or landscape integration. Significant exterior-visible changes on R-1 single-family properties commonly trigger Beverly Hills Architectural Commission review and/or the city's Single-Family Residential design-review pathway, depending on the specific scope. We identify which pathway applies at the design phase and manage the submissions so the homeowner isn't coordinating between city departments.
For properties designated as local landmarks or carrying a Mills Act contract, Beverly Hills has a Cultural Heritage Commission that reviews work affecting historic character — which can include exterior and sometimes specific interior features depending on the designation. Many Beverly Hills Flats Spanish Colonial Revival, Mediterranean, and notable Hollywood Regency homes fall into this category. Non-designated properties don't trigger historic review even for a full remodel. We confirm the designation status of every Beverly Hills address at the initial site visit so the preservation pathway is flagged before design decisions are locked in.
Beverly Hills maintains a protected-tree ordinance covering mature specimen species — oak, sycamore, and certain other natives — that requires tree-protection planning before construction staging, foundation work, or utility trenching that could affect root zones. Front-yard setbacks, lot-coverage limits, and floor-area-ratio rules for R-1 properties also shape what's buildable on a whole-home scope. On Trousdale Estates lots and other hillside blocks, additional grading and slope-design standards layer on top. We pull the protected-tree survey and zoning envelope for every Beverly Hills address at the design phase so the scope stays inside what's actually permissible.
For targeted scope — one wing, one floor, a kitchen-plus-primary-suite phase — yes, routinely. We use dust barriers, seal off active construction zones, protect finished areas, keep the jobsite clean at end of day, and sequence trades so at least some portion of the home stays livable. For true whole-home scope that pulls plumbing, electrical, and HVAC back to rough-in across every room, most Beverly Hills homeowners either relocate for the active-construction months or plan a livable-wing phasing strategy with us at the start. We walk through both options at the consultation so the decision is made with realistic expectations, not mid-build surprise.
Budget ranges reflect Beverly Hills finish levels, not just construction scope. A focused multi-room remodel — kitchen, primary suite, and a couple of supporting spaces — typically runs $500K to $1.5M in Beverly Hills at the finish level homeowners expect here. A full whole-home remodel with comprehensive interior work and meaningful exterior scope (windows, stucco, roof, front-yard hardscape) typically runs $1.5M to $5M. Ground-up gut remodels or near-rebuilds with ultra-custom detailing and imported materials commonly reach $5M to $15M or above. Timeline for whole-home scope is typically 9 to 24 months from kickoff to certificate of occupancy, with permit review and design-review pathways accounting for a meaningful share of the total.
Lior and his team were extremely courteous, prompt, and worked hard to make sure every element was exactly what we were looking for.
— Ian, October 2022Lior and his crews worked diligently to repair, replace and refurbish our home damaged by a burst pipe.
— Fern Somoza, February 2019
